One Romantic Date, Hold the Awkward!

HI CHO!!!! IT'S TEMMIE!!! its june 15th at the time of writing and posting this, and if i am not mistaken this is cho day!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! i might not have a twitter anymore but dont you dare think i forgot about you >:3c

sadly i do not have a digital cake ready for you this time ;3; all i have the time for atm is coming by to say hi and hopefully brighten your special-est day a little bit more! maybe my gift(???) to you will be to finally play ORDHTA (is this the proper acronym LOL) and leaving a comment here like i did with dating start :)

how have you been doing these days!! i hope it's been well :D as for me quite a lot has happened but i'm doing pretty good right now. the Big Immediate Update is that i'm going 2 be playing as cinderella* for my school's play in like 5 days (5 DAYS!??! HELP IT JUST HIT ME)!! i got a big poofy glittery blue dress and some satin gloves and a tiara and i'm so so so excited (and nervous oh no this is tem's first time in a play) about it. summer's almost here for me too, and during that time i'll be gearing up for the next year of school and also working towards my dreams of being a musician and continuing therapy!! very exciting stuff. B)

👀 i do see that you've made a train dating visual novel for the "worst visual novel ever" challenge chocho (or should i say choochoo)...! i havent played it yet, but i can tell you RIGHT NOW that it's definitely going to

• top dating start in downloads,
• earn you a nobel peace prize with how many people it's going to bring together, AND
• get 2 netflix adaptations of varying quality in roughly 4 years because of the vn's immediate popularity upon release because its just that good of a worst visual novel ever

...what, you don't have the release date of the movies? well it just hasnt happened yet im sure ;3

p.s. oh yeah if you've seen me disappear on twitter,, thats bc i decided to delete my account in april!! i did a social media purge for a few personal reasons, but its mostly cause i dont like feeling like i have to keep up with everything everywhere all at once & after maybe 2023 i barely used twitter outside of talking to you (yes!! its true!!) and retweeting cat image reposts ^^;

if i find a good enough reason to go back to the bird app i will (a side note: its SO annoying that i can't view anything on twitter w/o an account, i don't want to remake one just to have an occasional browse and check in on friends!! </3), but until then ill be keeping posted with what you do from here :) tem will always and forever be cheering you on from the sidelines!! woo go cho!!! 🥳

p.p.s. again, happiest happy birthday to you my friend! let it be known you are the sweetest most passionate game dev i've ever had the pleasure of knowing. i love viewing whatever you share of your creative process here on the internets, and i admire the way you push yourself to be a better game dev each year with the coming of the yearly events with the lengthy acronyms i tend to forget (nanowrimo?? i think) :) i truly believe you deserve the world, a skeleton hoodie (wink), and a bag of chisps. 🫶 temmie wishes u the classics (health, happiness, success) AND fulfillment in whatever you do!! and i hope you have the bestest day EVER and that you get to do all the things you want to do today and forever after!!

now get out there (even if out there is just your backyard with a few loved ones and perhaps a pet or a cozy blanket on the couch and a movie you like, or whatever your idea of the best birthday ever looks like) and have some fun today cho!! you deserve it ^^

yours truly,
tem 💙

*fun extra tidbits about the aforementioned temmie-in-cinderella-school-play:

• TEMMIE IS DANCING TO LA VALSE DE L'AMOUR FOR IT??? i first found out about that song through YOU cho!! how the heck!! funny how things work. btw 10/10 song im just worried i might trip on my dress while waltzing to it BECAUSE YES I HAVE TO WALTZ TO IT WITH PRINCE CHARMING its like my fairytale dreams come true omg BUT REALLY FAST AND UNEXPECTEDLY??? BECAUSE LONG STORY SHORT ME AND CURRENT PRINCE CHARMING HAD TO FILL IN FOR THE PREVIOUS CINDERELLA AND PRINCE CHARMING WHO LEFT THE PRODUCTION SUPER LATE, AND LEFT US WITH 10 DAYS TO PRACTICE WHAT THEY PRACTICED FOR 2 MONTHS. HELP???
• uhhh and yesterday night i got my entire family locked out of our own apartment because i was practicing in the cinderella dress outside and then they decided to join me, and then the door shut behind them (our door auto-locks when it's closed), and none of us brought any keys to get back inside... EVERYTHING'S GOOD NOW THOUGH!! WE'RE GOOD!! WE BROKE BACK INTO OUR OWN HOUSE!!! WE'RE GOOD
• for props, we have these AMAZING HOLOGRAPHIC steve madden heels for cinderella's glass slippers... that unironically fit me AND previous cinderella perfectly??? (i mean. if the shoe fits wear it i guess!! LOL)

I LOVE IT SO FECKING MUCH THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

Help me! The game doesn't let me click on papyrus's message, please help!!!!!!!!

This game looked amazing you definetly outdone yourself this time especially since it took just a month to make. I can definetly see that your artworks/designs have improved dramastically over the many games you have done. (My favorite is sans staring at the stars and then back at the screen while seeing the reflection of the stars in his eyes) Its OUTSTANDING!!!!! Anyways I have 1 question. Are you perhaps planning on making more undertale dating sim (preferably sans)  because your games are out of this world!!! I wouldnt mine others tho. Anyways good luck on your future endeverous 👍

This game is... AMAZING! I LOVE IT! I HAVE NEVER SIMP FOR PAPYRUS BEFORE, BUT DANG- AFTER THIS GAME? HOW THE HELL I COULD NOT SIMP FOR HIM?!?! goshhh i really love you VN's Derpy, especially Dating Start! and the Dating Side lmao. Again, you did a VERY splendid job on this game! I'm looking forward to your new projects!

I just played and did all four endings. Honestly- I have been looking into visual novels forever now. Where have you learned to create them? What do you use? 

Other than that: This game is so adorable. It shows romance in its purest form... I can't begin on how to explain how perfect this was. Thank you so much for everything! The time, the art, the LITERATURE- the way you wrote Papyrus's lines about the sun was beautiful. Keep it up!

omg ı l o ved this game and kept blushing but can someone help me with fourth ending ;-; i really wanna see how its gonna end !!

Yo Cho and everyone, I finally got around to playing it!! :D

And ahhhhH the memories. The puns. Their reactions. I REMEMBER IT ALL NOW!1!! The UI/GUI was so fun to play with, I can see why you needed that chart XD The voice acting was brilliant and went along with the writing so well!! It was short, really sweet, and fun dating Papy :3 Didn't think I could like his character even more! (I got all the endings, Undyne's advice was the first one I went with lolol) Fantastic work for a single month!! :D

AHHHH! I WATCHED THE PLAYTHROUGH, IT WAS AMAZING! I SCREAMED AT THE END- I COULDNT- I LAUGHED SO HARD

Ever since I first played Undertale, Papyrus has been one of my favourite characters, and now, finally I get to date him again! The art is excellent and the voices are just what I have come to expect from these characters! The UI is WONDERFUL too! And of course, loved all the different endings. It's a charming game!

So I just finally had a chance to play this game and OMG I ABSOLUTELY ADORE IT! IT IS JUST SO CUTE AND WHOLESOME! IT IS SO PERFECT IN MY OPINION! The music, the story, the characters, the voice acting, and just everything is 10/10! This is now one of my new favorite dating sim fan game and is definitely something I will really when I need a smile! Huge thank you to the team! YOU ALL ROCK!❤️❤️

Lmao, I made an itch.io account just to write this comment-

I saw the VA's of Alphys and Sans/Papy were playing this game, and I knew I had to play it for myself before I watched anyone else play it.

So, in short...

I LOVED THIS GAME SO, SO MUCHHHH!!!

Gahhh, I'm such a sucker for fluffy stuff like this, especially with a character that I like that no one else seems to like as much. It's super difficult to find Papyrus stuff, especially as well made as this is! I've gotten 3 endings so far, and have been satisfied with every single one! I don't exactly know what to do to get the fourth ending tho, lol. This game has single handedly reignited my love for Undertale, and I would love more games of this nature some day!! Fantastic job!

THIS WAS SO GOOD. Holy crap. 

Everything in it was so well-made; the voice-acting, the art, the script; even if it was short. I did see your progress on Twitter, and was so excited when I saw it be released. It felt so canon. 

I got "Blushing Bones And Timid Kisses" by first attempt, and it was so adorable. The sunshine part? 10x more adorable. 

This was just so heartwarming!! Your UNDERTALE games never cease to leave me in wonder. Your work, and the team's, is just so amazing together!! :D Thank you for this experience!!

ABSOLUTELY-awkwardly-adorable.!!! '(ᗒᗣᗕ)՞ *:･ﾟ✧

As a Papyrus fan, I really enjoyed everything about this! I'm actually GM@perpymarie from Twitter, and I was able to watch your progress in developing this VN. The game is super smooth and I love how pink and light the color scheme is compared to your other VNs ^w^  (love that dating start plug you did with sans ;)

I couldn't stop giggling every time the characters would interact. My heart would just melt at how caring and loving Papyrus is. The writing is well done and everyone really stayed in character, especially the puns were well executed too!'(ᗒᗣᗕ)՞

The voice actors were amazing and I'm glad you chose them to voice all the characters because I personally love their voices when doing the UT comic dubs. (Which in my opinion, are my headcanon voices)<3

The artwork is so fresh and clean! credits to the artist! I love everyone's expressions, Especially Undyne's expressions, Papyrus's outfit, and also sans "(¬‿¬)" expression. The BG art and  BGM were so cute and fitting too!

Overall, you and everyone else really did a great job with this! Congrats on completing NaNoRenO 2022! 

Thank you for making this wholesome experience Cho!(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

!!Spoilers!!

I managed to get all 4 endings quickly, and in my first playthrough, I had to cut to the chase. I love how Papyrus shows a different side of himself depending on your choices. My personal fave has got to be the punny way lol (◍＞◡＜◍)⋈。✧♡

AWW!!! This was the sweetest thing ever!

I do feel like I initially felt like this romantic scenario with Papyrus would be a challenging one to tackle on. But your writing was amazing and every moment filled my heart with laughs, aww's, screams, and feeling warm and fuzzy. Great job for this game!   :)

HELLO IT'S ME I'M BACK AGAIN

Before I get into everything else: I was actually watching your twitter through the development progress, and it was wonderful getting to see all the work and care go into it! It gave me an even better appreciation for the effort it took to pull this game together. And it all paid off! It really astounded me with all the little details you put into it despite the time limit - the caller ID bar, the ringtone, the charging ping and the charging symbol on the battery bar... it really lent to the charm of it all. All of your Undertale VNs really have their own tone and charm to them because of the way you chose to arrange the UI or how you focused on different mechanics with them, and it's an incredible thing to me!

NOW REVIEWING START

Artwork: Impeccable. Mmi's take on the sprites and expressions of the cast were on point, and her Papyrus portraits are so handsome!! But I have to give a shoutout to the way she drew Sans laughing, which audibly made me gasp when I saw it cuz it's so fucking cute. Even in the Pap game I keep looking at Sans rip.

Voicework: Once again, Dave batted it out of the park! It really is fun hearing him as the brothers, he does so well differentiating them and showing their character. Blair's work as Alphys was absolutely adorable, the stuttering and fumbling was ON POINT. But my heart goes out to CELLO AND THAT VOICE FOR UNDYNE HELLO??? It's a perfect fit in that hearing Cello's performance made me feel the same feelings I had the first time I saw Undyne: stupid and too bi for this.

Script: This was such a cute little romp! I've always adored Papyrus (who doesn't lbr) and he really shines in this game. I can't believe how SMOOTH he's gotten, someone really has stepped up his game since coming to the surface huh!! But beneath that he's still as big a sweetheart as ever, and reading his lines all tugged on my heart the same way he did in the original game.

!!! MINOR SPOILERS !!!

But the way I fucking lost it when I got to 'arms heavy knees weak my spaghetti'. I never saw it coming and it was SO good, thank you.

Thank you for yet another wonderful Undertale adventure, Cho!!